Adaline Emerson Thompson
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Adaline Emerson Thompson (August 13, 1859 – January 14, 1951) was an American educational worker and reformer.
Biography
Adaline Eliza Emerson was born in Rockford, Illinois, August 13, 1859.[1] Her father was Ralph Emerson, a son of Prof. Ralph Emerson, of Andover, Massachusetts, who was a cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson.[2]
Adaline's father decided that his daughters should have the most liberal education that could be obtained. Adaline entered Wellesley College in 1877 and was graduated with honor in 1880. The thesis which she presented on that occasion showed that she possessed literary ability. After graduating, she returned to her home in Rockford.[2]
In 1883, she married Norman Frederick Thompson (1856–1931). The first five years after her marriage were uneventful. Two children and the details of her home occupied her attention. Upon the removal of her household to New York, in 1888, she became more active. As president of the Woman's Club, of Orange, New York and also of the New York Associated Alumnæ, she received recognition as a leader and presiding officer. But her organizing force was mostly expended in the College Settlements Association. Believing that the true way to reach and help the poor in the large cities was through the intimate personal contact which comes from living among them, and further, that the only way to solve the sociological problems pressing so heavily upon us is through knowledge gained at first-hand by thinking men and women, she devoted her energy and enthusiasm into this home extension movement. As its president, she carried the association successfully through the difficulties which beset any new organization.[2]
The Thompsons were major benefactors of Rockford College, and Mrs. Thompson served as a trustee during the period of 1895 through 1913.[1]
Personal life
Thompson was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.[3]
At some point, Thompson removed to East Orange, New Jersey.[2] By 1951, she had homes in Colebrook, Connecticut and Winter Park, Florida. She died at her home in Winter Park, January 14, 1951.[4] Interment was at Greenwood Cemetery, Rockford.[5]
References
- ^ a b Addams, Jane (1 October 2010). The Selected Papers of Jane Addams: Vol. 2: Venturing into Usefulness. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09037-0. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "THOMPSON, Mrs. Adaline Emerson". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Charles Wells Moulton. p. 712.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1900). "Mrs. Adaline Emerson Thompson. 11473". Lineage Book. Vol. 12 (Public domain ed.). The Society. pp. 180–81. Retrieved 18 April 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "OBITUARIES. MRS. ADALINE THOMPSON". The Orlando Sentinel. 15 January 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 18 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Adaline Emerson Thompson". familysearch.org. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
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